French President Emmanuel Macron said that he intends to tell U.S. counterpart Donald Trump that it's in the joint interest of Americans and Europeans not to “be weak” in the face of Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid U.

Earlier today, Donald Trump doubled down on his criticisms of Europe's handling of the war in Ukraine, claiming leaders Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron "did nothing" to end it. European leaders ruled out negotiating with Russia long ago, but here's a look what they've done in recent months:

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he will travel to Washington to try to convince President Donald Trump that his interests were in line with European allies and that showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.